PAJAMAS—Do not put pajamas in the dirty clothes after only one wear. It is a scientific fact that you do not get dirty while you sleep. Pajamas can be worn many times before they smell bad enough to warrant being thrown in the dirty clothes. Exception: You may put pajamas in the dirty clothes if you throw up on them or something else that may be deemed disgusting, but only if they stink. When you get dressed in the mornings, fold your pajamas and put them back in the drawer—make it a habit.
SOCKS—Unroll them and turn them right side out before putting them in the dirty clothes. Otherwise, I will wash and dry them in their original rolled up little balls. By the way, they do not actually get clean in this way.
HANGING CLOTHES—Clean clothes can be easily removed from the clothes rod by gently lifting up on the hanger and pulling towards you. The wrong way to remove clean clothes is to yank on one corner of the garment. This causes the hanger to go flying around the clothes rod, becoming impossibly entangled with the neighboring hangers. If a hanger happens to fall to the bottom of the closet floor, do not leave it there; hang it on your bedroom doorknob if you can’t reach the clothes rod.
SORTING DIRTY CLOTHES—When you so nicely bring your clothes to the laundry room to sort, be sure and actually put them in the laundry baskets that are provided for you. Don’t merely throw them in the general vicinity of the correct basket; make sure they’re all the way inside that basket.
POCKETS—Empty your own pockets before you put dirty clothes in the laundry. Any money found later will be claimed by the laundress (Mom) and will not be returned to the rightful owner. Same goes for candy, wrappers, toys, etc—to the trash it goes.
FOLDED CLOTHES—When those clean clothes miraculously appear on your bed or chair, graciously thank the saintly person who lovingly placed them there and put them away!
LAUNDRY SHARING—In the future, each of you will be asked to help do about one load of laundry a week. Instructions will be provided. Mom feels that the joy of this chore should be shared, and she’s been very selfish about this in the past. She also feels that this is a necessary life skill, and without it you may not ever want to leave home. This would not be in the best interest of any family members.
Rules may be added or modified at any time by Mom.
I, ____________________, agree to abide by the above rules, as I actually have no choice in the matter and do not wish to further anger Mom.
I, ____________________, agree to abide by the above rules, as I actually have no choice in the matter and do not wish to further anger Mom.
March 18, 2002
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